Liverpool legend Lawro: Arsenal, Spurs rewarded for transfer spending

Lawro wrote in the Mirror: "It has been an excellent start by both north London clubs. Tottenham have been planning for this for a long time.

"They knew Gareth Bale was leaving and the players they were going to bring in as a result. But maybe their best signing of all was Franco Baldini as director of football. He knows all the players in Europe and went 'we'll have him, him, him and him'.